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This Week’s Best Value Investing News, Research, Podcasts 3/19/2021

Thursday, March 18, 2021 · Johnny Hopkins

Here’s a list of this week’s best investing news:

Howard Marks Memo – 2020 in Review (Oaktree)

Lindsell Train – Rational Numbers (Lindsell Train)

Modern Issues, Old Solutions (Jamie Catherwood)

The Economic Recovery in Japan (Verdad)

Berkshire Hathaway Proxy Shows Warren Buffett Is Old School When it Comes to Compensation, Board Makeup (Barron’s)

Deep Value by Tobias Carlisle (Novel Investor)

Investing: The Greatest Show On Earth (Collaborative Fund)

The OODA Loop: How Fighter Pilots Make Fast and Accurate Decisions (Farnam Street)

Housing Gone Wild (Humble Dollar)

Ray Dalio: Why in the World Would You Own Bonds When… (Bridgewater)

We’re Entering a ‘Golden Age’ of Biotech Investing (Whitney Tilson)

GMO – A SPAC-Tacular Distraction (GMO)

First Eagle – Alternative Credit: 2021 Outlook (FEIM)

A Conversation with Howard Marks (Epsilon Theory)

Watch Out, ETFs. Here Comes Custom Indexing (Barron’s)

Guy Spier 2nd Annual Value Investing Event (CFA)

Terry Smith on Warren Buffett and how to find good companies (Interactive Investor)

The Dangers of Relying on P/E Ratios (VVI)

NFT – Fad, Fraud or Innovation? (Brian Langis)

Penny Stocks Are Booming. Which is good news for swindlers (NY Times)

BofA Global Research: 10 Surprising Facts About Bitcoin (Barry Ritholz)

Bill Gross on Inflation Expectations, Treasuries and Fed (Bloomberg)

Pay Attention to the Castles Behind the Moats (Intrinsic Investing)

Don’t Call It A Comeback (Brinker)

Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns — Yearbook 2021 (Summary Edition) (Credit Suisse)

Moats or Market Power? (CFA Institute)

Will A Higher Ten Year Yield Cause A Decline In Stocks? (UPFINA)

Short Sellers Boost Bets Against SPACs (WSJ)

Institutions (Scott Galloway)

Greensill – who is holding the bag? (Bronte)

Robert Shiller – DoubleLine Holds New Round Table Prime: Managing Equity Risk (DoubleLine)

Staying Power (DGI)

Passion Investing (Tanay)

When All News is Good News (Compound Advisors)

Mutual fund madness (Gist)

Lawrence Cunningham: Ask the Smart Money: Shareholder Votes by a “Majority of the Quality Shareholders” (ssrn)

Pipe It! Platforms, Funding, and the Future (Alex Danco)

Analyst anchors (Klement)


This week’s best value investing news:

Value Stocks a Week Away From ‘Holy Grail’ Momentum Boost (Bloomberg)

How Value Stocks Will Benefit from Economic Recovery (Validea)

Options Trading for Value Investors (Old School Value)

ETFs to consider as market shifts to value investing (Globe & Mail)


This week’s Fear & Greed Index:


This week’s best investing research:

What Hedge Fund Risk Systems Don’t See (All About Alpha)

How to Predict Stock Returns (using a simple model) (Alpha Architect)

A complex market is not the same as a complicated market – Know the difference (DSGMV)

Why Stocks and Bonds are the Core of any Portfolio (Prag Cap)

Regime changes and Effect on Price Patterns (PAL)


This week’s Buffett Indicator:


This week’s best investing tweet:

I see lots of student company write-ups and pitches. Most are better than yesterday's $3,000 ARK Price Target Report for $TSLA. In reading the report its clear the motivation is to promote a higher stock price. The fantasy involved is simply spectacular… 1/

— Christopher Bloomstran (@ChrisBloomstran) March 20, 2021

The four ways most people can invest:

– Unsuccessfully
– Long term, varying degrees of success
– Short term, success from luck/fooled by randomness
– Short term, success from manipulation/fraud

— Morgan Housel (@morganhousel) March 18, 2021


This week’s best investing podcasts:

Holding Competing Ideas at Once | Porting Models Across Investments (Intelligent Investing)

TIP340: Hedge Funds, SPACs, and Chocolate w/ Jason Karp (TIP)

Adam Rozencwajg On The Speculative Mania In Green Energy Stocks (Felder)

Elizabeth Lilly – Embodying the Principles of Value Investing (VIWL)

Value Investing Live: James Roumell (GuruFocus)

David Rubenstein – Co Founder of The Carlyle Group (Coffee with the Greats)

Machine Learning, Fantasy Football and Factor Investing with Kevin Zatloukal (Excess Returns)

Engine of Inequality: The Fed & the Future of Wealth in America | Karen Petrou (Hidden Forces)

Marissa King – The Science of Social Networks (Invest Like the Best)

Jeff Immelt on Crisis Management and Leadership (MIB)

Episode #294: Dan Rasmussen, Verdad Advisers, “A Lot Of These Regime Changes Happen Around Recessions And Crises” (Meb Faber)

Chuck Akre on the Evolution of His Investment Philosophy (MOI)

Ep. 165 – The Gen Z Investor and Long Term, Low Cost Investing is Cool with Caitlin Cook (Planet MicroCap)

Energy Investments in a Zero-Carbon World (Pzena)

Elliot Turner – Growth At A Reasonable Price Defined (Business Brew)

Where do Stock Returns Come From? (EP.140) (Rational Reminder)

Crypto for Institutions 1:  Eric Peters – The Macro Case for Bitcoin (Capital Allocators)


This week’s best investing graphic:

Visualized: Key Events in the COVID-19 Timeline (Visual Capitalist)